Acronyms
| APAS | androgynous peripheral assembly system |
| APDA | androgynous peripheral docking assembly |
| APDS | androgynous peripheral docking system |
| CADMOS | [CNES mission control center] |
| CFM | Candle Flame in Microgravity |
| CNES | Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales |
| DM | Docking Module |
| EDLS | Enhanced Dyamic Load Sensors |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ESEF | European Space Exposure Facility |
| EVA | extravehicular activity |
| GSC | grab sample container |
| IMU | inertial measurement unit |
| MCSA | Mir Cooperative Solar Array |
| MEEP | Mir Environmental Effects Payload |
| MIM | Microgravity Isolation Mount |
| MIPS | Mir interface-to-payload systems |
| MIRAS | Mir Infrared Atmospheric Spectrometer |
| MOMS | Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral Scanner |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NIVR | Dutch National Institute for Aerospace Programs |
| ODS | Orbiter Docking System |
| OLiPSE | Optizon Liquid Phase Sintering Experiment |
| OMS | orbital maneuvering system |
| OSVS | Orbiter space vision system |
| PASDE | Photogrammetric Appendage Structural Dynamics Experiment |
| PLSS | portable life support system |
| POSA | Anticipatory Postural Activity |
| QUELD | Queen’s University Experiment in Liquid Diffusion |
| RCS | reaction control system |
| RMS | remote manipulator system |
| RSA | Russian Space Agency |
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| SAFER | simplified aid for EVA rescue |
| SAMS | Space Acceleration Measurement System |
| SAR | synthetic aperture radar |
| SPK | Stredstvo Peredvizheniy Kosmonatov [cosmonaut maneuvering unit] |
| SSAS | Solid Sorbent Air Sampler |
| STS- | Space Transportation System [designation for U.S. Space shuttle missions] |
| TDRS | Tracking and Data Relay Satellite |
| TEPC | Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter |
| TI | terminal [phase] initiation |
| TSuP | Tsentr Upravleniya Polyotami [Russian flight control center] |